Saintfield
1st XI Match Report
.v.
Laurelvale 1st XI
Date:
26th May 2007at The Demense
Toss Won By: Saintfield
Saintfield
slumped to a 10 wicket defeat in the 2nd round of the TCH Down
Democrat Senior Cup on Saturday at The Demense. Winning the
toss Saintfield skipper Mark McBriar elected to bat on what
looked a good batting track. In spite of this there was a bit
of help in the wicket early on and combined with cloudy overhead
conditions the Laurelvale openers managed to move the ball around.
As the day wore on the though any help in the pitch disappeared
and it became a batsman's paradise.
The
Saintfield innings got off to a dreadful start when they lost
in form opener Richard Owens for a duck. Maurice Clegg was joined
by Tommy Stewart. This pair took the total to 21 before Stewart(10)
swung and missed at a straight ball and was bowled by Burns.
Ray McCavery, man of the match in the previous round against
Ballymena, came to the crease, he and Clegg set about trying
to repair the damage. However against an accurate Laurelvale
attack the progress was painstakingly slow. The pair put on
80 for the 3rd wicket before Clegg (47) was caught by Pearson
of the bowling of Burns. After this partnership Saintfield struggled
to build another as wickets began to fall at regular intervals.
The Saintfield innings closed when Ross Boultwood (3) was bowled
by Wylie in the 49th over.
The pick of the Lauerlvale bowlers was Wayne Pearson who returned
figures of 4 for 17 off his 10 overs.
The
Saintfield dressing room felt at tea that if they managed to
get a few early wickets they stood a chance. However no matter
how hard the Saintfield bowlers tried they could not get the
breakthrough. Mark McBriar had a couple of good appeals for
leg before against Man of the Match Paul McCrum.
McBriar, Mark Yeates and Johnny Viner also beat the outside
edge on a couple of occasions. Nevertheless the McCrum brothers
remained and when the chance arose showed why they are both
former Irish internationals, anything short was quickly dismissed,
any delivery too full was driven with great power and accuracy.
Charles McCrum finished on 70 not out and his brother Paul finished
unbeaten on 66 as Laurelvale reached 162 in the 32 over.
Paul
McCrum was presented with the Man of the Match trophey for his
all-round display with bat and ball. Saintfield will need to
re-group and focus their full attention on the league, starting
with this Saturday away to Donaghcloney.
Scorecard:
Innings: Saintfield
| Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
| R
Owens |
Ct.
P McCrum |
Pearson |
0 |
| M.
Clegg |
Ct.
Pearson |
Burns |
47 |
| T
Stewart |
Bowled |
Burns |
10 |
| R
McCavery |
Bowled |
Wylie |
44 |
| J
Viner |
LBW |
Wylie |
8 |
C
Boultwood |
Bowled |
Pearson |
8 |
J
Wheeler |
Ct.
C McCrum |
Pearson |
3 |
M.
McBriar |
Ct.
C McCrum |
Wylie |
8 |
P.
Murray |
Stumped
Weir |
Pearson |
3 |
R.
Boultwood |
Bowled |
Wylie |
2 |
M.
Yeates |
Not |
Out |
0 |
|
| Fall |
1-1 |
2-21 |
3-101 |
4-114 |
5-131 |
Extras |
24 |
| |
6-134 |
7-143 |
8-152 |
9-158 |
10-158 |
Total |
158
all out |
Bowling: Laurelvale
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| P
McCrum |
8 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
| W
Pearson |
10 |
3 |
17 |
4 |
| C
McCrum |
10 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
| M
Burns |
10 |
0 |
39 |
2 |
| B
Bennard |
3 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
| A Wylie |
8 |
0 |
44 |
3 |
Innings:
Laurelvale
Batsman |
How
Out |
Bowler |
Total |
C
McCrum |
Not |
Out |
70 |
P
McCrum |
Not |
Out |
66 |
| Fall |
1- |
2- |
3- |
4- |
5- |
Extras |
26 |
| |
6- |
7- |
8- |
9- |
10- |
Total |
162
for 0 |
Bowling:
Saintfield
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
| M.
McBriar |
10 |
1 |
35 |
0 |
| M.
Yeates |
6 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
| J
Wheeler |
6 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
| P
Murray |
4 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
| J
Viner |
3 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
| R
Boultwood |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
Result:
Saintfield lost by 10 wickets
